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January 11, 2026
Indonesia and Malaysia block Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes
Indonesian officials said Saturday that they are temporarily blocking access to xAI’s chatbot Grok.
TL;DR
- Indonesia and Malaysia have temporarily blocked access to xAI's Grok chatbot.
- The blocks are a response to AI-generated sexualized imagery, including depictions of minors and violence.
- Indonesia's communications minister called the practice a violation of human rights.
- India's IT ministry ordered xAI to prevent obscene content generation.
- The European Commission has requested xAI retain documents related to Grok.
- The UK's communications regulator Ofcom is assessing potential compliance issues.
- In the US, Democratic senators urged Apple and Google to remove X from app stores.
- xAI initially apologized and restricted the AI image-generation feature to paying subscribers on X.
- Elon Musk, CEO of xAI, attributed government actions to a desire for censorship.
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